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Hi Remember that you will increase your height when you add your new floor above the ceiling,so you may need another riser and you will have to increase the go if you have a 220mm rise as they will be to steep. I always advise anyone to go down the building regs route as the room can be...

Have you ever seen the price of carbon fibre? rsj s or u/b or whatever you want to call them are there to take the weight of the new floor joists and usually to take some of the roof load i.e if you remove the king post.Silent beams or engineered joists are mainly used in new builds in place...

I would recommend that you get some plans drawn up for your conversion to avoid any costly mistakes.You will need these as well as structural calculations for the council.I don't think you will find plastic rsj,s :oops: .Steel u/b or u/c are usually specified,normally sliced into smaller sections.

I am converting a similar property at the moment ,the stairs are going partly in bedroom 3 on your sketch and over the top of the existing staircase(always the best place to put them if possible as you waste less space).A small area of the bedroom has been lost to accommodate the stairs but not...